Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire, 1817-1841
Series — Box: Lyell Temp Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118)
Identifier: Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Scope and Contents
The notes and correspondence on the Geology of Forfarshire consist of:
- notes
- sketchbooks
- geological cross sections
- correspondence
Dates
- 1817-1841
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
In 1822 Charles Lyell began a geological survey of the County of Forfarshire for Dr John McCulloch who was preparing a geological map of Scotland. He combined the study with a long trip to his parental estate where he also entertained Professor William Hooker. Lyell returned in 1824 to complete 2/3 of the survey, with the companionship firstly of a Captain Ogilvy and later the Rev William Buckland. The studies led to his first published paper On a Recent Formation of Freshwater Limestone in Forfarshire, ( 1826) which he read at the Geological Society of London in 1824 and was later published in their transactions.
Extent
26 items
- Angus (Scotland)
- Buckland, William, 1784-1856 (English theologian, geologist)
- Geological Cross Sections
- Geological Mapping
- Geological Survey of London
- Geological Surveys
- Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow)
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
- Mcculloch, John, 1773-1835 (geologist)
- Ogilvy, Captain, fl1824 |
Repository Details
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk